The US government is now relying more and more on private security contractors like Blackwater (which changed its name to Xe and then later again to Academi) to do things that the military used to do.
A series of videos have surfaced that show these contractors acting like they were in the old west, shooting indiscriminately at people as they careened dangerously through the streets of Iraq and not bothering to even stop and help when their vehicles knock down pedestrians.
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mnb0
April 13, 2012 at 3:40 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
This has been bothering me for years.
Completely off-topic: shouldn’t your write something about the Majorana particle, MS?
http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/6700/Wetenschap/article/detail/3240188/2012/04/13/Deeltje-van-niks-dat-revolutie-kan-ontketenen.dhtml
The header reads: Good for nothing particle can launch a revolution.
Pierce R. Butler
April 13, 2012 at 5:11 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Now I’m even more worried when Republicans claim to support Academic freedom.
David
April 13, 2012 at 6:42 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I remember first reading about this scum company in an Esquire article years ago. Nothing has been done about them and their atrocities.
Grannysue
April 14, 2012 at 11:09 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I just finished reading Drift by Rachel Maddow which covers this topic.
left0ver1under
April 15, 2012 at 12:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The only difference between Blackwater/Xe/Academi and an HMO is how fast they kill innocent people. Both share the same arrogance and greed, and the same pretense about “doing the job for public good”. This is exactly the sort of “capitalism” that wall street approves of.
Blackwater Watch » Blog Archive » The evil of private contractors like Blackwater/Xe | Mano Singham
April 14, 2012 at 1:02 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
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